Short Takes – 2-14-26 – Federal Register Edition

Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive, Co-Exclusive or Partially Exclusive Patent License. Federal Register NASA notice of intent to grant patent license. Summary: “NASA intends to grant an exclusive, co-exclusive, or partially exclusive patent license in the United States to practice the inventions described and claimed in: U.S. Patent Nos. 8,593,153 entitled “Method of Fault Detection and Rerouting,” issued on November 26, 2013, and 8,810,255 entitled “In-Situ Wire Damage Detection System,” issued on August 19, 2014, to Sun City Smart Technology Solutions, Inc., having its principal place of business in El Paso, Texas. The fields of use may be limited. NASA has not yet made a final determination to grant the requested license and may deny the requested license even if no objections are submitted within the comment period.”

Notice Hazardous Materials: Notice of Actions on Special Permits. Federal Register notice of actions on special permit applications. Summary: “In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has granted or denied the application described herein.”

Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Rulemaking; Town Hall Meetings. Federal Register CISA meeting notice. Summary: “This notice announces town hall meetings to allow external stakeholders a limited additional opportunity to provide input on refining the scope and burden of the CIRCIA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued in the Federal Register on April 4, 2024. The proposed CIRCIA rulemaking seeks to implement the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, as amended, by implementing covered cyber incident and ransom payment reporting requirements for covered entities.”

EO 14386 - Strengthening United States National Defense With America's Beautiful Clean Coal Power Generation Fleet. Federal Register.